Curated OER
Thanks for the Memories
Students explore the importance of the family holiday meal, read and discuss "Pass the Turkey, Tamales, Kugel and Criticism" and write their own renditions of a fictitious family's holiday evening.
Curated OER
Diversity Under the Roof of the World
Students learn about Nepals many cultures, religions, and landscape. They compare a Nepal student to an American student and relate location, place, and culture of American and Nepals. They discuss reasons why they think there is such...
Boston University
How to Conduct a Multi Ethnic Team Reporting Project
This site offers a phenomenal plan for assembling a culturally diverse journalism team to work on a story (or series of stories) of social significance. This extensive guideline provides step by step instructions. (Note: some links may...
Other
Russian Fairy Tales
At this site choose between long version and a short version of these fairy tales translated from the Russian. Each one is illustrated. Be aware that there are advertisements on the page.
Other
Gateway to the Classics: Czecholovak Fairy Tales
These tales from Eastern Europe are reproduced here in a very user-friendly environment that allows the student to customize the display to alter text size, background color and other variables.
Read Works
Read Works: About the Island
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Rashid who learns the history of his home in Bahrain. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
American Forum for Global Education
American Forum for Global Education: Talking With Our Hands
This lesson plan from the American Forum for Global Education is designed to help children understand that using hands to "convey messages" is a form of communication.